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Avery Brewing Company doesn’t always constrain itself to the 4 essential ingredients of beer. In addition to malt, hops, yeast, and Rocky Mountain water – many of Avery’s beer is crafted with local companies to include coffee, tea, chai, or notes of tequila from aging their beer in Suerte tequila barrels sourced from Mexico. Learn from Avery’s Chief Barrel Herder Andy Parker and Laurence Spiewak, CEO of Boulder’s own Suerte Tequila, on how they’ve been able to work together to create liquid masterpieces.

Andy Parker started scrubbing floors and cleaning kegs at Avery Brewing Company almost fifteen years ago and worked in nearly every portion of the brewery before starting up the barrel-aging program in 2005 with about thirty oak barrels. Now he presides over a warehouse filled with... Read More →

As a passionate Tequila consumer for many years, Laurence co-founded Suerte Tequila five years ago. Now in 24 states, Suerte has seen rapid growth and maintains a solid position as a top emerging brand. After spending the last 12 years running and building CPG brands & consulting... Read More →